Everyone's favorite Linux newbie-friendly distribution received a big update

• elementaryOS 8.1 brings more polish to brilliant OS.
• This release is all about security, multitasking, and app management.
• Currently in beta, there's no indication on when the release will be made public.

When I received word from  Danielle Foré, Founder & CEO of elementaryOS, that the beta version of 8.1 was available, you can bet I downloaded the ISO immediately and installed it.

According to the official release notes, the team focused on three primary goals:

• Following through on OS 8 release goals
• Improving Support for Your Devices
• Addressing Your Feedback with over 1,100 issue reports fixed

With this latest update, they've made certain additions/modifications that make the OS better than ever.

Let's talk about what's new.

Security

Let's first take a look at what features improve the security of elementaryOS.

Back when the team released version 8 ...